All multicellular organisms host microbial communities in and on their bodies, and these
microbiomes can have major influences on host biology. Most research has focussed on the …

Identifying drivers of infectious disease patterns and impacts at the broadest scales of
organisation is one of the most crucial challenges for modern science, yet answers to many …

Teleost fishes constitute the most species-rich vertebrate clade and exhibit extensive genetic
and phenotypic variation, including diverse immune defense strategies. The genomic basis …

We present Procrustean Approach to Cophylogeny (PACo), a novel statistical tool to test for
congruence between phylogenetic trees, or between phylogenetic distance matrices of …

How genomic selection enables species to adapt to divergent environments is a
fundamental question in ecology and evolution. We investigated the genomic signatures of …

For most, the mere mention of lice forces an immediate hand to the head and recollection of
childhood experiences with nits, medicated shampoos, and traumatic haircuts. But for a …

The relationships between parasites and their hosts are intimate, dynamic and complex; the
evolution of one is inevitably linked to the other. Despite multiple origins of parasitism in the …

Speciation by divergent natural selection is well supported. However, the role of sexual
selection in speciation is less well understood due to disagreement about whether sexual …

Species hybridization can lead to fitness costs, species collapse, and novel evolutionary
trajectories in changing environments. Hybridization is predicted to be more common when …

The present review summarized the factors or determinants that may explain parasite
diversity among host species and the consequences of this parasite diversity on the …